Excuses, Excuses, Excuses

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Vaughn woke up early the next morning. He hadn't slept well at all. He had just tossed and turned thinking about Sydney. How could it be her? She seemed so rude and not at all like the woman he had known online. Nevertheless, he already knew that wonderful side of her that side that looked into his heart where no one else had ever been, and loved him just the same. Well there was no way he was going to let her get away. But she hates you remember? Yeah, that was defintely going to need some work. Good thing I like a challenge.

Sydney Bristow, turned over and stared at her alarm clock. It blinked 4:00 am. Oh my gosh this is ridiculous. She hadn't slept all night. Partly because all she could think about was how he hadn't shown up. There must be a logical explanation for it. There had to be. Well whatever it is she just hoped he was alright. She got out of bed and checked her email for the millionth time. Finding that she had none, she put on her running shoes and headed out the door.

Before leaving for the office, Vaughn sat down at his computer. He logged on and stared at the screen as he read her words out loud to himself.

Subject: Are You Okay?

Hey I was just wondering if everything was okay. I mean I'm sure you have a good reason for not being able to make it tonight, because I really wish you had been. I really wanted to meet you, and instead I saw a colleague from, work, and I didn't handle it well at all. Anyway, I hope you are alright.

Vaughn sighed out loud. Oh man, what did I do? So he hit reply and typed out the perfect excuse, You see I was stuck in an elevator and we had to wait forever for the fire department becasue apparently there was this old lady... he stopped and erased his email. No, no that sounded too forced. Ok how about: I was stuck in a meeting and there was a power shortage and so the phones were down and we were stuck on the 30th floor, and we couldn't get down because the building went into a lockdown of some sort... No, that didn't work either. He looked at the screen for a little bit and cracked his knuckles and started over again. He re-read his email and decided that it was perfect so he sent it and finished getting ready for work.

Sydney came back from her run and was immediately stopped by Francie.

"So, tell me tell me, how did it go last night?" she asked excitedly.

Sydney looked at her friend and thought carefully before answering, "Unfortuantely he was unable to make it".

"Oh my gosh, HE STOOD YOU UP!" Francie exclaimed.

"No, he did not stand me up! I'm sure he has a very good excuse why he couldn't make it," Sydney replied.

"Oh, ok like what?" Francie questioned.

"Well maybe, maybe he broke his arms and they were in splints, so he couldn't call because he couldn't really dial," Syd suggested with her arms out in front of her.

"Or maybe he was stuck in an elevator, and he couldn't get out, and of course cell phones don't really work in the elevators!" Francie suggested.

"Yeah, you know or maybe..." Sydney was interrupted by Will coming through the front door.

"Hey guys whats up? Oh Syd, how did it go with internet guy last night?" he asked.

"Unfortuantley he was unavoidable detained," Francie said.

"Oh my gosh, He Stood You Up!" Will cried.

"Ahh, HE DID NOT STAND ME UP! He just couldn't make it for some reason," Sydney answered.

"Oh, ok if you say so," Will said as he walked to the fridge. Sydney sighed in resignation and hurried to get ready for work, she had a debrief at 10:00.

When Sydney got out of the shower, she looked at her computer and contemplated whether to check her mail again. But once more her curiousity got the best of her and she logged on while she did her make up. Her heart stopped when she heard her favorite words in the world, "You've Got Mail". She opened up her mail and her breath caught in her throat as she read what he wrote:

To: AliceinWonderland

From: HockeyFan23

Dear Friend,

I can't tell you where I was last night. All I can say is that I am deeply sorry for what I did and I hope that you can find it in your heart to forgive me. I feel absolutely terrible that you were expecting to meet someone you trusted and instead found yourself in an even more uncomfortable situation. I'm sure that whatever happened last night with your friend was provoked on thier part, and I know that you wouldn't say anything that would intentionally hurt someone else. Someday I will explain what happened to me last night, but until then I hope you know that I am still here, just talk to me.

Sydney stared in wonder at the screen. What was she going to do now?

Weiss sat impatiently at his desk tapping his pen and waiting for either Sydney or Michael to come through the door. Finally he saw Vaughn walk in and he waited for his friend to come over and talk about the previous night. When he didn't come over, Weiss got up and approached Vaughn, who seemed to be on another planet.

"Dude, are you alright?" Weiss asked.

"What? Oh yeah, I'm fine just a little tired. Jet-lag is a killer," Vaughn replied though not too convincingly.

"Yeah, I'm not buying that, come here," and with that Weiss escorted Vaughn into a nearby conference room and made him tell him what was going on. When Vaughn told him the whole long, sad story Weiss sat back in disbelief. I knew he wouldn't just let her sit there.

"Yeah, but I think she hates me even more than she did before," Vaughn said, "but I'm working on it."

"What do you mean you are working on it? What are you planning to do about this?" Weiss asked.

"Just sit back and watch," Vaughn said casually as he walked out, leaving Weiss alone and very confused.